An aggressive shoplifter was granted his wish to be jailed after he pleaded with magistrates to be locked up again. As soon as Joshua Norton was brought up from cells to the dock he opened his mouth before the bench had heard the facts about his crimes. The 38-year-old told them: “I have a cracked rib and my ankle is killing me. If you don’t send me down, I’ll be gutted.” The court then heard, Norton, of no fixed address but from the Canterbury area, plead guilty to two counts of shoplifting, one attempted theft and a charge of threatening behaviour when he appeared in the dock before magistra…
